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‘Everything I know I’ve learned from him,’ said his young son, Grant Richey, in an interview with the station KSL. ‘It would have been hard to lose him.’

Their father is back at work already, but still doesn’t have full feeling in his legs. He can walk, but said they feel like he’s been up and down a mountain multiple times, but he was well enough on Thursday to attend a football game.

Trouble on the horizon: The Richeys were camping in an area known as Mitchell's Sawmill an hour from Cedar City, Utah, hen a thunderstorm rolled in

On Friday, Richey posted a link to a story about his harrowing ordeal on his Facebook page accompanied by a comment: ‘

‘Glad to be alive. Still recovering. Nice to hear from everyone,’ he wrote.

It all started when the Richeys went on a week-long camping trip last weekend in an area known as Mitchell's Sawmill about an hour from their Cedar City home.

The family were setting up camp at a new site when hail started to fall.

Gregg Richey made the fateful decision to open the awning on their camper, which nearly cost him his life.

'I lifted the awning pole up and I heard a boom and I grabbed my elbow,' he recalled in an interview withDesert News.

The father of two was hit with one billions volts of electricity, which knocked him of his feet.

Friend Ross Hedges told the paper that in the next moment, he say Mr Richey started flopping around on the ground as if he was having a seizure.

Patriarch: Gregg Richey seated in the center, surrounded by his family on a camping trip

Rapid response: After Gregg was struck by lightning, he fell to the ground and his heart stopped. Richey's father, Bob (right), came to his aid, performing chest compressions until the heart started beating again

After Gregg's father, Bob Richey, heard his daughter-in-law scream, he rushed over and saw his son lying on the ground. He was not breathing and his heart had stopped beating.

Bob Richey jumped into action, performing chest compressions. After several pumps, Gregg Richey started moving again, but was still incoherent.

Gregg's 17-year-old son, Jake, frantically tried to call 911 for help, but his phone was not in service.Finally, his father started coming to.

The family placed him inside the camper and had to convince him to go to the hospital, even though the father of two wanted to continue hunting.

The Richey clan carried Gregg into his truck because he had lost feeling in his legs, and transported him to the emergency room at Valley View Medical Center.

Die-hard outdoorsman: Even after being struck by a one-billion jolt of electricity, Gregg (left) wanted to continue hunting, and he is already planning a new camping trip with his sons

On the drive over, Mr Richey said he lost all sensation in his legs for about 15 minute. Also, his face was burned, and he felt like his eyes were on fire.

After being kept under observation for 12 hours, Richey was released from the hospital Sunday morning, but had not regained full use of his limbs.

'They feel like spaghetti,' he said.

While his close call has left Gregg Richey wary of thunderstorms, he is already planning another camping trip with his sons.